Device for locking types on type-carrying members of printing-presses and the like.



J. R. HAYDON. DEVICE EOE LOOKING TYPES 0N TYPE GA EYING MEMBERS OFPRINTING PEEssEs AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 31. 1908.

' Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

yclor zf UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. HAYDON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR LOCKING TYPES ON TYPE-CARRYING MEMBERS OF PRINTING-PRESSESAND THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES It. IIAYDON, a citizen of the l nited States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful ln'iprovements in Devices forLooking Types on Type-Carrying Members of Printing-Presses and the Like;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for locking types to thetype carrying member of a printing press, a printing stamp and the like,and the invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Among the ob jGC'C-S of the invention is to provide a simple andefficient means for removably locking types to the face of a typecarrying member, arranged to positively hold the type in place while atthe same time permitting them to be readily released.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of typecarrying member provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevationthereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary, longitudinal section online 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary end view of thetype carrying member, showing my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 5 isa detail of the locking device hereinafter to be described. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the type holding clip. Fig. 7 is an end view ofanother form of type carrying member. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectionthereof on line 88 of F ig. 7.

I have herein shown my improved type locking means applied to two formsof holders 10 and 11, shown respectively in Figs. 1 and 7. The formshown in Fig. 1 and also in Figs. 2, 3 and 1, is a rotary type carryingmember and is provided with a plurality of type supporting faces 12arranged symmetrically about the same, five faces being herein shown.The type carrying member 10 is mounted on a central shaft 14 by which itis adapted to. be mounted in a printing press of any suitable type. Theend walls 15 of said member have openings to receive the shaft, asindicated in Fig. 2. The type car- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 31, 1908.

Patented 0015.5, 1909. Serial No. 460,382.

rying member shown in Fig. 7 is provided with a single type supportingface 12.

' In each of the constructions, each of the type supporting faces isprovided with a plurality of parallel, longitudinal grooves 17, 17 whichextend to the end of the memher, as herein shown. Said grooves receivetype holding clips 18, 18 which extend out side of the grooves and arearranged for engagement with flat metal types 19, shown in Figs. 8, 4and 7, to hold the types in place. The clips 18, herein shown, are ofgeneral Z-shape. Each clip comprises a central web portion 20, a bottomflange 21, that is adapted to lie on the bottom of its groove 17, and atop flange 22 which extends in a direction opposite to the flange 21 andlocated outside the groove. The outer flanges 22 of said clips areadapted for overlapping engagement with thin extensions or flanges 23 atthe ends or sides of the type 19, as best shown in Figs. 4c and 7. Thesaid grooves 17 are arranged at irregular distances apart, whereby typesof different lengths may be applied to the face and supported thereon,or a plurality of rows of types may be applied to each face.

Means are employed for positively confining the clips in their groovesand thereby, through said clips, locking the type tightly on the typesupporting faces of the type carrying member, and arranged to be readilyreleased to unlock the type. I have herein shown two forms of suchconfining or look ing devices, one illustrated in connection with themulti-face type carrier, shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, and the otherillus trated in connection with the single face carrying member shown inFigs. 1 and 8. It will be understood, however, that the arrangement ofthe clip locking means may be varied within the scope of the inventionwhile retaining the advantages of the constructions herein specificallydescribed.

Referring now to the locking devices shown in Figs. 1 to at, inclusive,the same are made as followsz-Arranged longitudinally in the bottom ofeach groove 17 is a locking member 25 which, as herein shown, has theform of a wire having more or less flexibility, as a piano wire. Saidwire is bent at its ends, beyond the ends of the grooves, to form arms32 which are turned inwardly and the terminals thereof are wrapped orlooped about the outer ends of studs 26 which are fitted into openingsin the ends of the type carrying member and extend endwise therefrom.The looped portions 27 of each arm are confined between inner and outernuts 28, 29 which have screw-threaded engagement with the outer ends ofsaid studs. Arranged also between said nuts are plates 31, said platesbeing apertured to pass over the studs and being arranged inside thearms 32 of the locking members 25. Each of said plates 31 are providedat their outer ends with notches over which the wire locking member isbent at the angle between the locking portion thereof and the inwardlyturned arms 32. Said plates 31 constitute means for fixedly supportingthe ends of the wire locking member outside the ends of the grooves soas to hold the locking portions of said member substantially rigid, andalso constitute means for frictionally holding the locking member inplace, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The horizontal or straight locking portions of the locking members 25lie over the inner flanges 21 of the Z-sha-ped clips. The studs 26associated with each groove 17 lie in substantially the plane of thelongitudinal center line of the groove. In the construction described,it will be observed that the locking members 25 are capable of swingingor oscillating in the bottoms of the grooves 17 toward and from thesides of the grooves and that when said locking members are swung towardthe clips 18 which they confine, they engage with a clamping pressurethe lower flanges 21 of said clips and thereby positively lock orconfine said clips securely in place. To release the clips the lockingmembers are swung away from the clips. hen the locking members 25 havethe form of a wire or rod the lower flanges of the clips may be made ofsuch length that the wire locking members may be swung free from orclear of said lower flanges, thus permitting of the ready removal of theclips.

In addition to the function of the plates 31 of sustaining the pivotalarms 32 of the locking members and tensioning the locking members, theyhave the further function of frictionally holding the locking members inpositions to which they may be swung. Such frictional action on saidplates is due to the fact that the plates, as well as the loops of thearms 32, are clamped between the nuts 28 and 29 on the studs 26. Thus itwill be observed that when the locking members 25 are thrown over thelower flanges of the clips, said clips will be held positively in place,and the locking devices will be maintained in locking position by reasonof frictional connection of the locking members with the parts by whichthey are attached to the type carrying member.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to at,

inclusive, wherein the type carrying member is provided with a pluralityof type supporting faces, the arms 32 of the locking members and thesupporting plates therefor of adjacent grooves of adjoining faces of thetype carrying member may be arranged to cross each other, as indicatedin Fig. 4.

By reason of the screw-threaded connection of the nuts 28 and 29 withthe studs 26, it will be observed that the tension on the lockingmembers 25 may be adjusted to compensate for wear on the frictionmembers or elongation of the wire locking member, it only beingnecessary to screw both nuts 28 and 29 farther outwardly toward the endsof the studs 26 in case of stretching of the wire or other wear whichwould tend to loosen the holding action of the wire on the type holdingclips. The same adjustment increases the effective friction action onthe plates to hold the locking members in place. The construction shownin Figs. 7 and 3 is different from that shown in the previouslydescribed figures, in addition to the shape of the type carrying member,in that the retaining or locking member 35, which in this instanceassumes the form of a relatively rigid rod, is connected to the studs36, like the studs 26 of the previous construction, by means of arms 37made separate from and slipped over the ends of the rods 35 and thestuds 36. In this construction the arms 37 comprise plates which areapertured at their ends to fit over said studs and the locking rods. Theinner ends of the arms are clamped between nuts 38 on the outerreducedends of the studs 36 and shoulder 39 on said studs to afford the desiredfrictional engagement of the arms with the studs. The outer ends of saidarms are held on the locking rods 35 by means of other nuts 40, whichengage the screw-threaded. ends of the rods 35. Friction is exerted onthe arms 37 to hold the locking rods or members 35 in their lockingpositions by turning the nuts 40 inwardly and binding the inner faces ofthe arms 37 against the shoulders 39.

The two forms of construction which are herein shown constituteefiiective means for locking the type retaining clips in place in theirgrooves, but it will be understood that the essential features of such alocking device may assume different structural form without departingfrom the spirit of the invention. The form herein shown, however,embracing a locking member 25 or 35 which is capable of swinging oroscillating on the axes of the studs 26 or 36 to lock and release theclips is an exceedingly simple, inexpensive and efficient device and iscapable of being readily operated to insert or remove the type retainingclips.

The clip holding means herein shown may be employed in connection withthe type carrying members of different printing presses or stamps. Saidconstruction lends itself with ready and peculiar adaptation to the typecarrying members of printing presses for print-ing show windowadvertising cards, such a press being shown in my copending applicationfor U. S. Letters Patent, filed on the 9th day of November, 1908, SerialNo. 461,698.

I claim as my-invention:-

1. Means for locking types to the type supporting face of a grooved typecarrying member, comprising type holding clips in the groove arrangedfor engagement with the types supported on said face, an elon gatedlocking member extending longitudinally through the groove for confiningthe clips therein, and means at the ends of the locking member andgroove for releas ably locking the clips in said groove.

2. Means for locking types to the type supporting face of a grooved typecarrying member, comprismg type holding clips in the grooves arrangedfor locking engagement with types supported on said face, and anelongated locking member arranged longitudinally within the groove andmovable toward and from the side walls of the groove to confine theclips in the groove.

3. Means for locking types to the type supporting face of a grooved typecarrying member, comprising clips in the groove having parts extendingoutside the groove for engagement with the types, and locking memberextending longitudinally through the groove and connected at its endswith the ends of the type carrying member in a manner to move toward andfrom the clips to releasably lock the same in place.

4. Means for locking types to the type supporting face of a grooved typecarrying member, comprising type holding clips in the groove arrangedfor locking engagement with types supported on said face, an elongatedlocking member arranged longitudinally within the groove to move towardand from the side walls of the groove, and means for frictionallyholding said locking member in its locking position.

5. Means for locking types to the type supporting face of a grooved typecarrying member, comprising clips in the groove having parts extendingoutside the groove for engagement with the types, and a locking memberextending longitudinally through thegroove and provided at its outerends beyond the groove with inwardly extending arms arranged forswinging or pivotal connection with the ends of the type carryingmember.

6. Means for locking types to the type supporting face of a grooved typecarrying member, comprising clips in the groove having parts extendingoutside the groove for engagement with the types, a locking memberextending longitudinally through the groove and provided at its outerend beyond the groove with inwardly extending arms arranged for swingingor pivotal connection with the ends of the type carrying member, andmeans for applying friction to said arms to hold the locking member inits locking position.

7. Means for locking types to the type supporting face of a grooved typecarrying member comprising Z-shaped type holding clips, the innerflanges of which lie within the groove and the outer flanges of whichextend outside the groove for engagement with the types, and lockingmeans extending longitudinally throughout the groove and fixed to thetype carrying member at the ends of the groove and arranged to force theinner flanges of the clips toward the bottom of the groove.

8. ls'leans for locking types to the type supporting face of a groovedtype carrying member comprising type holding clips having flanges whichextend outside of the groove for engagement with the types, and aflexible locking device extending longitudinally through the groove andfixed to the type carrying member at the ends of the groove, andengaging parts of the clips within the groove in a manner to force suchparts of the clips toward the bottom of the groove.

9. Means for locking types to the type supporting face of a grooved typecarrying member comprising Z-shaped type holding clips the inner flangesof which lie within the groove and the outer flanges of which extendoutside the groove for engagement with the types, and an elongatedlocking member extending through the groove and connected at its endswith the type carrying member in a manner to swing or oscillate towardand from the inner flanges of said clips.

10. The combination with a type holding member provided wit-h a groovedtype supporting face, of means for locking types on said face comprisingtype holding clips in said groove having parts which extend outside thegroove for engagement with the types, a clip locking member extendinglongitudinally through the groove and attached to the type holdingmember by means permitting the locking member to swing or oscillate to'ard and from the clips, and means at the end of said member foradjusting it to said clips.

, 11. The combination with a type carrying member provided with agrooved type supporting face, of means for locking types on said facecomprising clips in said groove having parts extending outside thegroove for engagement with the types, a clip locking member extendinglongitudinally through the groove and provided at its ends with inwardlyextending arms, studs extending endwise from the type carrying member onwhich said arms are pivoted, and friction means vtor confining the armson said studs.

12. The combination with a type carrying member provided with a groovedtype supporting face, of means for locking types on said face comprisingclips in said groove having parts extending outside the groove forengagement with the types, a clip locking member extendinglongitudinally through the groove and provided at its ends with inwardlyextending arms, studs extending endwise from the type carrying member onwhich said arms are pivoted, and screwthreaded nuts for confining saidarms on said studs. 7

13. Means for locking types to the type supporting face of a groovedtype carrying member comprising type holding clips having flanges whichextend out-side of the groove for engagement with the types, and anelongated locking member extending throughout the groove and havingoscillatory movement toward and from the clip to lock and release theclip.

1.4. Means for locking types to the type supporting face of a groovedtype carrying member comprising type holding clips having flanges whichextend outside of the groove for engagement with the types, and aflexible elongated locking member extending throughout the groove andconnected with parts located at the ends of the groove, said lockingmember having oscillatory movement toward and from the clip to lock andrelease said clip.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aflix mysignature in the presence of two witnesses, this 26th day of October A.D. 1908.

JAMES R. HAYDON.

Witnesses N. L. HALL, T. H. Amumos.

